§ 70A-9a-502. Contents of financing statement -- Record of mortgage as financing statement -- Time of filing financing statement.

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a financing statement is sufficient only if it:

(a) provides the name of the debtor;

(b) provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and

(c) indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 70A-9a-501(2), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy Subsection (1) and also:

(a) indicate that it covers this type of collateral;

(b) indicate that it is to be filed for record in the real property records;

(c) provide a legal description of the real property to which the collateral is related; and

(d) if the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.

(3) A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if:

(a) the record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;

(b) the goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;

(c) the record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but:

(i) the record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and

(ii) the record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom Subsection 70A-9a-503(1)(d) applies; and

(d) the record is recorded.

(4) A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.

(5)

(a) The requirements of Title 57, Real Estate, do not apply to a financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(a) that:

(i) covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or

(ii)

(A) is filed as a fixture filing; and

(B) covers goods that are or are to become fixtures.

(b) For purposes of Subsection (5)(a), the requirements of Title 57, Real Estate, include requirements related to:

(i) execution;

(ii) acknowledgment;

(iii) certification; and

(iv) originality.

Amended by Chapter 225, 2013 General Session